(ANSAmed) - SARAJEVO, MAY 15 - In the last three months
Bosnia has witnessed a long-awaited return to political
dialogue, negotiations and compromise, and 2012 could be a
turning point on the road to membership in the European and
Atlantic institutions. However, the goals set by Brussels for
the closure of the Office of the High Representative of the
international community have not been met yet, explained High
Representative, Valentin Inzko, in the biannual report that is
about to presented to the UN Security Council.
According to advance information from his office in Sarajevo,
Inzko is also reportedly concerned because nationalist
tendencies continue to persist as well as rhetoric from
Bosnian-Serb leaders, in particular by Republika Srpska (RS,
Serbian majority entity of Bosnia) President Milorad Dodik,
which threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the
country, and therefore the implementation of the Dayton Accords
(1995).
After the formation of the new government, after a 15-month
stall, wrote Inzko, the agreement between political leaders led
to the adoption of key laws such as regulations regarding state
aid and the census law, which will be carried out next year. An
agreement has also been reached to resolve the issue of military
and public property, which paves the way for the NATO membership
action plan (MAP). But the situation is still complex, ''other
RS leaders have repeatedly publically stated their intention to
block the institutions from the Dayton Accords,'' calling the RS
a state, contrary to the Bosnian Constitution. Inzko said that
he is also worried about certain activities in the Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Muslim-Croat majority entity) which aim
to eliminate the reforms that have already been achieved, while
Croatian politicians continue to call for a third
Croatian-majority entity to be formed. (ANSAmed).
